Members of the family Cynoglossidae, the tonguefishes are for the most part too small to be of much interest as food fishes.
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Tonguefish
Synonyms for "tonguefish" (8 found)
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Noun(2 words)
asymmetric flatfishbenthic fish
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demersal fisheye placement variant
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3 entriesCynoglossus speciesParaplagusia genuseye placement
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6 entriestonguefish anatomytonguefish diettonguefish distributiontonguefish habitattonguefish populationtonguefish species
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The tonguefishes are flatfishes found in the tropical and subtropical seas of the world, hut some species are found in freshwater hahitats (see Achiridae for a discussion of flatfishes).
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But the tonguefish are unaffected by the noxious gases. The ”narked" fish end up as chow for the tonguefish.
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